Operating rooms and ASCs are facing persistent shortages of anesthetic agents, forcing anesthesia teams to substitute drugs and alter workflows. As of June 19, the FDA listed 194 drugs in shortage, ...

Deaths from lidocaine poisonings more than doubled since 2010, calls to poison control centers suggested. Calls about local anesthetic poisonings decreased by 23%, mainly due to fewer non-lidocaine ...

All current local anesthetics block sensory signals — pain — but they also interrupt motor signals, which can be problematic. For example, too much epidural anesthesia can prevent mothers in labor ...